Josiah O. Wolcott

Josiah Oliver Wolcott (31 October 1877-11 November 1938) was the US Senator from Delaware (D) from 4 March 1917 to 2 July 1921, succeeding Henry A. du Pont and preceding T. Coleman du Pont.

Biography
Josiah Oliver Wolcott was born in Dover, Delaware in 1877, and he worked as a lawyer before serving as Deputy Delaware Attorney General from 1909 to 1913 and as Delaware Attorney General from 1913 to 1917. From 1917 to 1921, he served as the US Senator from Delaware, but he resigned in 1921 to serve as Chancellor of Delaware from 1921 to 1938. He died in office in 1938.